Speakers Bureau

Welcome to the City of Columbia Speakers Bureau webpage. The Speakers
Bureau provides organizations, groups and classes with
speakers, presentations and tours about the
the City of Columbia. Browse through our list of available presentations
and tours and select one for your next meeting or field trip. If you cannot find a presentation or tour that meets your needs, please let us know by calling (573) 874-7111 or clicking here.

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City of Columbia 101: Learn about our council-manager form of government, organization, budget, and much more.

Tour of City Facilities: To bring you the best services, we use numerous unique and interesting facilities from City Hall to the landfill. Check out the facilities that bring our infrastructure to life. Please note that not all facilities are open the public. Group sizes may be limited, and greater notice may be needed in some cases.

City Hall-Green Building Design: Take a tour of City Hall that points out various building materials, designs, and systems that have contributed to City Hall Gold LEED Certification. (Limited to 10-15 participants)

Water Utility System Information: Learn about the source of Columbia's water, water quality, how the water is distributed, and what happens when a water main breaks. Presentation can be customized to your group.

Bond Issue Overviews (when applicable): The water and electric utilities use voter-approved bonds to finance large-scale utility projects. Speakers are available on this topic when a voter-approved bond is being requested.

Caring for your neighborhood - Residential Code Enforcement: Learn how the Office of Neighborhood Services works to protect the quality of life in our city by supporting neighborhoods and enforcing City codes.

Volunteer Management 101: Want to know more about working with volunteers? Staff from the City of Columbia can share best practices based on their experience in recruiting, screening, placing and appreciating volunteers!

What you can do around your house and community!: B.M.Pís (Best Management Practices) Learn what you can do in your community
to protect our watersheds and ways to conserve our most important natural
resource: water!

Activity: Place decals and mark storm drains: Stencil and place plastic decals with the words "No Dumping - Drains to
Stream" on storm drains in your area. This will remind your neighbors that nothing but rain water should enter the storm drains.
We are asking individuals and groups to help spread the word. Storm drains are
not trash cans. Whatever is dumped into them ends up in our waterways.
You are supplied with a map of area storm drains, plastic decals, decal adhesive
disc, concrete scrub brush, safety vest and information fliers.

Activity: Stream Clean Up: You are supplied with trash bags, recycling bags, safety vest and four foot
grabber tongs for the hard to reach trash. Each group will receive a safety
orientation from the Cityís Storm Water Educator and a presentation about
recycling and best management practices for storm water around your home
and the community.

Community Foundation of Central Missouri: The Community Foundation is a new entry to philanthropy in Columbia and Central Missouri. It provides an incredible opportunity to enhance charitable giving in the Columbia and central Missouri region. The presentation focuses on the benefits, goals, and how-to's of the Community Foundation. The presentation is educational for both potential donors and recipients of charitable funds. CFCM's website is www.cfcmfoundation.org.

Share the Light: Share the Light is an easy way for citizens to contribute to specific City projects through their monthly utility bill. Over $180,000 has been collected since 2001, and over $150,000 has been appropriated for "over and above" City services.

Citizens Police Review Board:: A member of the Citizens Police Review Board will provide an overview of the benefits of civilian oversight of law enforcement, including its role in policy review and its role in reviewing appeals of the police chief's decision on complaints.